In this conversation for "The External Medicine Podcast," Daniel Belkin and Mitch Belkin interview Paul Offit, MD, about his book "You Bet Your Life," how banning DDT caused increased deaths from malaria, and the data regarding the COVID-19 bivalent booster as of October 2022. They discuss the human price paid for medical advances, sins of commission versus sins of omission, which populations should get bivalent boosters, short versus long incubation period viruses, vaccine-related myocarditis, and much more.
Who is Paul Offit?
Dr. Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is on the Federal Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. In addition, he was the co-inventor of the RotaTeq vaccine for rotavirus, has published over 130 papers in medical and scientific journals, and is the author of many books on vaccines, antibiotics, medical overuse, and medical history, including "You Bet Your Life."
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